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indeed, the whole idea has been to use our intelligence, use our databases, using the crossover between different intelligence gathering agencies that may have seen themselves as foreign or domestic and making sure that we were bringing all of that dated to bear. we were making a scenario-based division between passengers that could easily bored and passengers who deserved more attention. that has been the focus of our effort since december 25th. how are you make reasonable intelligence based divisions between passengers as they arise, as a purchase their tickets, as they arrived at the airport, as they go through screening, as they board the airplane and indeed actually in flight. this has an fault the international aviation system. as i mentioned earlier, once you get into the global aviation system at any airport, you potentially have access to the whole system. since january, in close coordination with the international civil aviation organization, i have taken part in five regional aviation security summits on five continents bitterly. we have gone from europe, which is our first o
indeed, the whole idea has been to use our intelligence, use our databases, using the crossover between different intelligence gathering agencies that may have seen themselves as foreign or domestic and making sure that we were bringing all of that dated to bear. we were making a scenario-based division between passengers that could easily bored and passengers who deserved more attention. that has been the focus of our effort since december 25th. how are you make reasonable intelligence based...
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the q4000 is used to lift the blowout preventer. why are we using it? the reason we are doing it is because when it was brought and originally, it was to operate the manifold on the see that what -- seabed that allowed us to do this static -- excuse me, a dynamic attempt at the top killed. altman we did that by pumping mud and cement into that show client heard before that, we were having to kill the choke line with the q4000. it was never intended to be the primary lifting device. the reason we are using it is, on deck, it has the electrical connections and a computer that run the yellow pdod, which is the control pod that runs the hydraulic lines and vowels and operate the blowout preventer from the surface. we married the yellow pod with the q4000 at the start of the response. because of that, we are excepting some limitations on what they can do compared to what the "discover enterprise," can do. is the response of? >> yes. [unintelligible] do you see that as anything that might affect the response? >> i do not. >> thank you. >> i was wondering if y
the q4000 is used to lift the blowout preventer. why are we using it? the reason we are doing it is because when it was brought and originally, it was to operate the manifold on the see that what -- seabed that allowed us to do this static -- excuse me, a dynamic attempt at the top killed. altman we did that by pumping mud and cement into that show client heard before that, we were having to kill the choke line with the q4000. it was never intended to be the primary lifting device. the reason...
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but they are still after us. they still want to do us harm. and they still want to get at as any way they can, in our view. intent is the driving force here behind the terrorist activity and it remains the same. >> i think governor kaine and mr. carlson is absolutely right. we have seen terrorist organizations becoming much more comfortable in their communications. someone in the united states, they can communicate and has theological credentials as a credentials scholars -- and has to lodge a credentials and academic scholars but is from new mexico. the threat is radiated outwards from al qaeda central itself. it used to be that if you wanted to be a terrorist or if you wanted terrorist training, you went to one point, either afghanistan or, more recently, pakistan. one of the problems that is part of al qaeda's strategy to enlist, to encourage, to motivate light-minded jihadi groups to spread their wings has meant that individuals looking to receive terrorist training, unfortunately, today have more destinations to select from to go. they te
but they are still after us. they still want to do us harm. and they still want to get at as any way they can, in our view. intent is the driving force here behind the terrorist activity and it remains the same. >> i think governor kaine and mr. carlson is absolutely right. we have seen terrorist organizations becoming much more comfortable in their communications. someone in the united states, they can communicate and has theological credentials as a credentials scholars -- and has to...
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us, it makes them have no respect for us. sound necessary. something that should have been passed in 2006 when we had the majority and we had the chance and some of the people that said they would not let it go through are no longer here, some are, the zero baseline budget bill. it just says, there are no automatic increases in any federal department's budgets. there's a republican solution for you. if you want your budget increased in the federal government, you have to come justify it. and we ought to put those budgets online where people can watch them like -- i think the president put it this way, that he was going to go through the budget line by line with a fine-toothed comb, he was going to put joe besiden in charge of doing that, too they were going to get rid of everything that was waste. yeah, since he's an honest man i'm sure it will eventually happen but it hasn't happened yet. it would sure happen if you let americans see every federal department's budget, how they were spending their money, put it up online, mak
us, it makes them have no respect for us. sound necessary. something that should have been passed in 2006 when we had the majority and we had the chance and some of the people that said they would not let it go through are no longer here, some are, the zero baseline budget bill. it just says, there are no automatic increases in any federal department's budgets. there's a republican solution for you. if you want your budget increased in the federal government, you have to come justify it. and we...
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well, he tells us so. he tells us, and he shows us so. and let me give just one example of how he does that. louis marcotte when he asks him to expunge one of these convictions, the second, aubrey wallace, he will testify that when he asked judge porteous to expunge this conviction, judge porteous says, i will do it, but not right now. i won't do this until after my senate confirmation. i'm not blowing a lifetime appointment to the bench to do this for you. and that's exactly what happens. he waits until after his senate confirmation, and just before be he's sworn in to expunge the conviction of aubrey wallace, now, why does he do it precisely then? obviously, he doesn't want to do it before the confirmation because he knows this would materially affect his confirmation. but why just before he's sworn in? well, he also knows the moment he's sworn into the federal bench, he's no longer in a position to expunge a conviction. it has to be exactly when and, in fact, the evidence will show that's exactly when he expunges the conviction. during
well, he tells us so. he tells us, and he shows us so. and let me give just one example of how he does that. louis marcotte when he asks him to expunge one of these convictions, the second, aubrey wallace, he will testify that when he asked judge porteous to expunge this conviction, judge porteous says, i will do it, but not right now. i won't do this until after my senate confirmation. i'm not blowing a lifetime appointment to the bench to do this for you. and that's exactly what happens. he...
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between us is over. i said to yesterday, a real peace must take into account the genuine security needs of israel that have changed. they have changed sense -- last year we spoke about the veterans who were gathered here at this table. we have been here before. we-and the have run agreement -- we fashioned the hebron agreement. we have had the rise of iran and missile warfare. a peace agreement must take into account security arrangements against the real threats that have been directed against my country. 12,000 rockets had been fired on our territory and terrorist attacks go unabated. president abbas, i am fully aware of your people's desire for sovereignty. i am convinced that it is possible to reconcile that desire with israel's need for security. we anticipate difficult days before we achieve the much desired peace. the last two days had been difficult. there were -- they were exceedingly difficult for my people and for me. blood has been shed. the blood of innocents has been shed. for innocent isra
between us is over. i said to yesterday, a real peace must take into account the genuine security needs of israel that have changed. they have changed sense -- last year we spoke about the veterans who were gathered here at this table. we have been here before. we-and the have run agreement -- we fashioned the hebron agreement. we have had the rise of iran and missile warfare. a peace agreement must take into account security arrangements against the real threats that have been directed against...
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with us. our next speaker is also a rape victim in florida. in 2002, she was attacked by the so-called day care rapist while speaking of her children at day care in miami dade county. she later appeared on america's most wanted. thank you for appearing. merika thank you very much. good afternoon, chairman specter and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's hearing. i hope that'll this empowers you to fight this crime. the investigation of rape will happen only when we are committed to providing it does with comprehensive support services, from the first 911 call all the way through to sentencing. my story supports this. the support services by sustained through the longest, most grueling years of my life, at times giving up seemed the best thing to do. i was raised in miami, fla., and graduated from the university of virginia and spent a brief time here in washington working for the department of justice. after graduate school i got marri
with us. our next speaker is also a rape victim in florida. in 2002, she was attacked by the so-called day care rapist while speaking of her children at day care in miami dade county. she later appeared on america's most wanted. thank you for appearing. merika thank you very much. good afternoon, chairman specter and distinguished members of the committee. thank you for the opportunity to participate in today's hearing. i hope that'll this empowers you to fight this crime. the investigation of...
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what statutes to use? >> we generally use the general false claims act which allows us to go after defendants for penalties. any time a false claim submitted a cause to be submitted to the government for payment. >> we are going to move to questions. before we do. in terms of people who are in the community, whether they are beneficiaries or are in the medical services industry, but how can they help? what should they be looking for? what can they identify? if they identify problems, what should they do? >> i guess i treated as my credit card. but parents recently turned 65. they watch every statement that comes in and make sure the service is rendered. that is something that you want to do. once a statement shows upcoming you want to review the statement. if there is any discrepancy, you know what? call the doctor out. say, this is correct. if there is no answer, there is a number you can call. say, i disagree with this statement. and do not think i receive these services. can you check into it. 1>> i thi
what statutes to use? >> we generally use the general false claims act which allows us to go after defendants for penalties. any time a false claim submitted a cause to be submitted to the government for payment. >> we are going to move to questions. before we do. in terms of people who are in the community, whether they are beneficiaries or are in the medical services industry, but how can they help? what should they be looking for? what can they identify? if they identify...
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i do not think the iranians have an interest in us losing, but they have an interest in us using all our resources. i don't know anything about russia. the same thing with china. i forget who said this. we are fighting the wars in iraq in afghanistan. our future for the blow is in eastern asia. the longer the we stayed bog down in central asia means the water that we fail to divert our resources to where the 20-21st century is headed -- 21st century is headed. don't anybody else ask is the bequest and as that. >> i told you earlier about ask this question. you told us-what does washington think of him? -- what does washington think of him? >> i would talk about a larger issue which is social services of one of the office has on the stability operations. greg makes a persuasive case that if you were to transfer a society, to teach girls how to read. if you teach girls how to read, entire villages learn how to read and birth rates plummet and prosperity goes up. the stuff that greg has done in afghanistan and pakistan is true the lord's work. it is some fantastic stuff. i had an opport
i do not think the iranians have an interest in us losing, but they have an interest in us using all our resources. i don't know anything about russia. the same thing with china. i forget who said this. we are fighting the wars in iraq in afghanistan. our future for the blow is in eastern asia. the longer the we stayed bog down in central asia means the water that we fail to divert our resources to where the 20-21st century is headed -- 21st century is headed. don't anybody else ask is the...
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it will inform us, give us a sense of that impact. but it is too soon to tell. >> now, in the process of, and i think you are right about informing yourselves, in turn, you will be in a position to inform the secretary of the defense and the white house about the perspective of the corps. i would assume that whatever decision is made, that would entail educating the marines, army, the department of defense about the new standards of conduct that might be imposed. i think that is obvious. >> senator, you are absolutely correct. the whole idea that at the beginning of the certification, we are able to come back to congress and to be able to say that we have thought through the policies. we thought through the legal ramifications. we thought through the monetary ramifications, the impact on buildings, barracks, base housing. we thought through all of those things, and we understand what we would call all hold dot mill pf. the whole horizon of things that would be impacted. that would be required before certification. there is a lot of wo
it will inform us, give us a sense of that impact. but it is too soon to tell. >> now, in the process of, and i think you are right about informing yourselves, in turn, you will be in a position to inform the secretary of the defense and the white house about the perspective of the corps. i would assume that whatever decision is made, that would entail educating the marines, army, the department of defense about the new standards of conduct that might be imposed. i think that is obvious....
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are we using numbers tonight? i have been asked to invite a longtime resident to ask the first question, and that is margaret demint. are you here? hello. >> let me get my paperwork here. i have lived here all my life. my interest is in the english- language bills that have been before congress or so long. 85% of people recently surveyed would favor making english the official language. english has been voted america's official language in 30 states. why has the oregon delegation time after time refused to support the amendment? many good amendments have been offered in recent years that have never quite made the grade because some members have voted no every time. i asked you today, why? >> thank you very much. in just about every town hall in question comes up that has not come up before. you have taken that status right off the bat. my impression is that many people consider this a state's rights issue. you mentioned that 30 states have made that decision. 20 have decided not to. i do not recall that there was
are we using numbers tonight? i have been asked to invite a longtime resident to ask the first question, and that is margaret demint. are you here? hello. >> let me get my paperwork here. i have lived here all my life. my interest is in the english- language bills that have been before congress or so long. 85% of people recently surveyed would favor making english the official language. english has been voted america's official language in 30 states. why has the oregon delegation time...
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took us on. the choice is to go back to that, they are not doing anything different as they have said. or to continue to a path of job creation, deficit reduction, and a reduction of taxes for the middle-class. that is the choice in the election. if the leader makes a statement that we're not going back, you can be sure that that will be part of the contrast. this is a pretty exciting election, because we're very proud of the agenda. we're proud of his leadership. our members are confident about their participation in it, and in each and every district, they're beating a drum about taking us in a new direction. we're going forward, fighting for the middle class, preserving social security, not privatizing it, not transferring jobs overseas, and her having tax cuts for the middle class, not for the wealthy to take us deeper into debt. thank you all very much. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2010] >> tonight, a house hearing
took us on. the choice is to go back to that, they are not doing anything different as they have said. or to continue to a path of job creation, deficit reduction, and a reduction of taxes for the middle-class. that is the choice in the election. if the leader makes a statement that we're not going back, you can be sure that that will be part of the contrast. this is a pretty exciting election, because we're very proud of the agenda. we're proud of his leadership. our members are confident...
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all of us tasted the dish and none of us particularly liked it. the next afternoon, i felt very sick. at the beginning i started to shake and experienced chills. then came waves of vomiting and explosive diarrhea. my fever rose to 102. later the doctors called this septic shock. ed rushed me to the emergency room. there doctors administered several tests including chest x-rays, cat scan, blood, stool and urine samples. th gave me iv hydration and sent me home after several hours and told me to return if the symptoms did not improve. the next day, i went to see our family doctor as i was experiencing diarrhea, stomach cramps, dizziness andweakness. he examined me and sent me to swedish hospital in inglewood. the ride to the hospital was very unpleasant. i was quite sick. my electrodes were depleted, my potassium culture comes back as positive for salmonella. bacteria that was both in my blood stream and my intestine. since i take medication for rheumatoid arthritis, which compromises my immune system, i was particularly at risk for an infectious ba
all of us tasted the dish and none of us particularly liked it. the next afternoon, i felt very sick. at the beginning i started to shake and experienced chills. then came waves of vomiting and explosive diarrhea. my fever rose to 102. later the doctors called this septic shock. ed rushed me to the emergency room. there doctors administered several tests including chest x-rays, cat scan, blood, stool and urine samples. th gave me iv hydration and sent me home after several hours and told me to...
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helen keller did learn to speak and helen keller is still speaking to us tonight about how all of us should make the most of our abilities and participate in society to the fullest, but we need the technologies to make that possible being made accessible to each american. the bill we are considering tonight significantly increases accessibility for americans with disabilities to be indispensible public communications and video technology tools to the 21st century by getting on the web easier through improved user interfaces by smart phones and enabling americans throo audible descriptions through the onair action. making cable tv guides and selection menus accessible with vision loss. people who are deaf to watch new tv programs online with the captions in -- included, mandating that remote controls have a button or similar mechanism to access broadcast or closed captioning pay tv. requiring that technology used to make calls over the internet is compatible with hearing aids, and for low-income americans who are deaf and blind, providing a share of the $10 million a year for funding
helen keller did learn to speak and helen keller is still speaking to us tonight about how all of us should make the most of our abilities and participate in society to the fullest, but we need the technologies to make that possible being made accessible to each american. the bill we are considering tonight significantly increases accessibility for americans with disabilities to be indispensible public communications and video technology tools to the 21st century by getting on the web easier...
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unfortunately, not in a manner that the agency is used to. the proposal neglected to build on our path. this carved the present and lacks a vision for our future. the plan was so bad, so misguided that it did something unheard of in washington, d.c., it united congress in opposition. and along these lines, i would like to thank chairman gordon and ranking member hall for the partnership put forth these past several months. it has been an honor to work with each of you. our partnership has produced a great piece of legislation. our nasa authorization bill, which tasks out of the -- which passed out of the science technology committee in july. i believed then and i believe now that our bill was the right approach to sustain a robust exploration program. but we are running out of time. and must send a message that opposed the administration and it's not the direction our country is going to go. if we fail to pass an authorization bill, we will witness the continued dismentling of america's space flight infrastructure with no guarantee it will be
unfortunately, not in a manner that the agency is used to. the proposal neglected to build on our path. this carved the present and lacks a vision for our future. the plan was so bad, so misguided that it did something unheard of in washington, d.c., it united congress in opposition. and along these lines, i would like to thank chairman gordon and ranking member hall for the partnership put forth these past several months. it has been an honor to work with each of you. our partnership has...